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The author of Thin Places considers how to write an essay (or essay collection) that follows the arc of epiphany.

“I was surprised by how much agency my characters seemed to have.” —Francesca Ekwuyasi, author of Butter Honey Pig Bread

Jo Ann Beard’s Festival Days, forthcoming from Little, Brown on March 16, 2021.

Fady Joudah’s Tethered to Stars, forthcoming from Milkweed Editions on March 9, 2021.

“Subtlety can be a form of authority.” —Simon Han, author of Nights When Nothing Happened

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Committed, forthcoming from Grove Press on March 2, 2021.

The author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities explores personal and collective nightmares.

“My Muse is with me always, everywhere.” —Valzhyna Mort, author of Music for the Dead and Resurrected

Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts, forthcoming from Catapult on February 2, 2021.

“I am never without pen and paper.” —Erica Hunt, author of Jump the Clock